Credit: The Associated Press

Major drug trafficking suspect, Daniel Barrera is escorted to a waiting car, prior to his extradition to the U.S., at the counter-narcotics base in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 9, 2013.

NEW YORK — A Colombian known as "The Madmen" has pleaded not guilty in federal court in New York to charges he led a drug organization that produced hundreds of tons of cocaine and funneled revenue to terrorist organizations.

Daniel Barrera Barrera made his first court appearance Wednesday in Manhattan.

The charges could carry a mandatory minimum of 10 years or a maximum of life in prison on conviction. He also faces charges in federal court in Miami, where he would be taken after the court cases are completed in New York.